I'm getting ready to teach another
Farmer's Wife Sampler class.
I am teaching the
'No Waste' Flying Geese method used in many of the blocks this month.
Cut a square the finished measurement of the long edge of the geese triangle plus 1-1/4".
For the 'triangles' cut 4 squares the finish measurement of the triangle edge plus 7/8".
Mark a diagonal line corner to corner on 4 of the 'triangle squares'
place two of the marked squares right sides together in opposite corners of your Flying Geese square with the marked line running diagonally as shown.
stitch 1/4" on either side of the drawn line
cut on drawn line to create two units
press seams towards small triangles
place a 'triangle square' in the tip of a 3 triangle unit as shown
stitch 1/4" on either side of the drawn line
cut apart on the drawn line
do this with both sections to create
4 Flying Geese units
4 Flying Geese units
Of course, you can stick to the traditional method for Flying Geese using corner triangles, but the
'no waste' method is great!
Now that is so neat....never saw it done that way...thank you.....
ReplyDeleteGreat Tutorial! Thanks! I love Mary Ellen's...love it!
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